Apache Xerces

Template:Infobox software In computing, Xerces is Apache's collection of software libraries for parsing, validating, serializing and manipulating XML. The library implements a number of standard APIs for XML parsing, including DOM, SAX and SAX2. The implementation is available in the Java, C++ and Perl programming languages.

The name "Xerces" is believed to commemorate the extinct Xerces blue butterfly (Glaucopsyche xerces).<ref> Template:Cite book </ref>

Xerces language versions

There are several language versions of the Xerces parser:

• Xerces2 Java, the Java reference implementation
• Xerces C++, a C++ implementation
• Xerces Perl, a Perl implementation. This implementation is a wrapper around the C++ API.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Language	Release Date	Version
Java	2022-01-24	2.12.2
C++	2020-04-10	3.2.3
Perl	2014-04-30	2.7.0

Features

The features supported by Xerces depend on the language, the Java version having the most features.

Feature	Java<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	C++<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Perl
eXtensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 Fourth Edition Recommendation	Template:Yes	Template:PartialTemplate:Ref	Template:PartialTemplate:Ref
eXtensible Markup Language (XML) 1.1 Second Edition Recommendation	Template:Yes	Template:PartialTemplate:Ref	Template:PartialTemplate:Ref
Namespaces in XML 1.1 Second Edition Recommendation	Template:Yes	Template:PartialTemplate:Ref	Template:PartialTemplate:Ref
Namespaces in XML 1.0 Second Edition Recommendation	Template:Yes	Template:PartialTemplate:Ref	Template:PartialTemplate:Ref
XML Inclusions (XInclude) Version 1.0 Second Edition Recommendation	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
Simple API for XML (SAX)	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
Streaming API For XML (StAX)	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No
DOM Level 2 Core Specification	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
DOM Level 2 Traversal and Range Specification	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Core, Load and Save	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
Element Traversal Specification	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
XML Schema 1.0 Structures and Datatypes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
XML Schema 1.1 Structures and Datatypes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No
XML Schema Definition Language (XSD): Component Designators (SCD)	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No
Java APIs for XML Processing (JAXP) 1.4	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No

See also

• Apache License
• Java XML
• Apache Xalan

Notes

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External links

• Apache Xerces Project home